Tresco ready to listen to England

Trescothick, 33, appeared to have shut it permanently when he retired from international cricket in March 2008 after struggling with a stress-related illness but the Somerset left-hander hinted he could return at the Oval as a one-off.

"If I was asked, I don't know," said Trescothick. "If they threw questions at me, I would listen. But until they do I can't answer. I am just carrying on what I am doing at Somerset, carrying on playing. Anything else is so hypothetical at the moment."

He added: "It's always nice to be thought of - of course it is. But people are talking about it more than I am thinking about it."

England coach Andy Flower is keen for the dust to settle on the Headingley humiliation before assessing selection for the fifth npower Test, but the batting unit is under scrutiny after a return of just one hundred in four Tests.

It has led to Trescothick, who has amassed 1330 first-class runs at 78.23 this summer, being touted as a possible 'supersub' - alongside Surrey's evergreen Mark Ramprakash - while Jonathan Trott and Robert Key are other names in the frame if changes are made.

Even Somerset chief executive Richard Gould has pushed for Trescothick to be recalled.